Hedge-trimmer.



J. P. MEYER.

HEDGE TRIMMER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.28, 1912.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

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JOSEPH P. MEYER, 01" ROl'JftIESTER, NEW YORK.

1,08%? 319.. Application filed August 2 lib a?! whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josrrir l Maren, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, county of Monroe, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hedgc-Zl'rimmers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention com prises a pruning shears or hedge trii'nmer which is adapted by proper adjustments of the handles for cutting either vertically or horizontally, as well as at intermediate angles.

The invention will be described in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a plan View of a complete shears, a part of the upper blade or cutter being broken away. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the handle in another position. Fig. 3 is a section through one of the hair dles.

Referring to the drawing A, B indicates blades, and C and D the handles. The blade A is adapted to reciprocate relatively to blade B, being slotted and connected to the blade it? by studs 10. The cutting edges of the blades are serrated in the usual manner.

The handle l) is rigidly, but adjnstably, connected to the bladc'Bf As shown, the bandle is clamped to a rod 11, which is rigidly secured to the blade B and extends rearwardly therefrom, and approxii'nately at an angle of degrees with the longitudinal line or axis of the blade. The rod 11 is secured directly to the blade B, and it is also secured to a second rod 12 which is riveted to the blade 13. As shown the rod ii is secured toythe rod 12 at the point 13, and also I at the point 14. The. rod ll may be integral.

with the rod 12 at the point 14 if desired. All that is necessary is that the rod 11 shall be rigidly secured to the blade B, and extend rearwardly therefrom at a suitable angle.

The handle D is secured to the rod 11 by means which will permit of adjusting it about the rod. As shown in Figs. 1 and 8', there is a clamp comprising two plates hinged together at 16, and having a recess ll between them and adjacent the hinge for receiving the rod 1].. These blades are pro-- vided with a clamping device 1?, adjacent the rod 1]. and on the side opposite the hinge. As will be seen by inspection of Fig.

' 3, the tang 15 can be very securely clamped to the rod and it may be readily released and Specification of Letters latent.

Pu tented Mar. 10, 1914. 1912. Serial No. 717,653.

reclanipedin any desired position. The two plates of the Lung 15 are brought together and secured in the handle D by a. rivet 18, or other suitable means. The axis of the recess ll. is arranged at an angle (rt-l5 degrees, more or less, to the axis of the handle D, and preferably the angle between the recess 11 and the handle is the same as the angle between the rod 11 and the li e )erpendicular to the axis of the blades, so t at when the handle .1) is in position shown in Fig. 1 it will be at right angles to the axis of the blades. The recess ll is also elf-set to some extent from the axis of the handle D so that when the handle is in position shown in big. 1 it will be at. right angles to the axis of the blades at or near their middlepoint.

'lho movable blade operated b a rod ll) which is pivotally connected to t 1e rods it, ii at l t, and which extends freely through an opening in a lilting .ZQ'attached to the blade A. The handle 0 is snbstantiully identical in construction with the handle i) already described, and it is clamped to the pivoted rod 19 in the same manner in which the handle I) is clamped as to the fixed rod .11.

For cutting the vertical sides of a hedge, or trimming round portions, the handles C, l) are arranged as shown in Fig. 1. ,When it is desired to trim the flat top of a hedge, or any portion which is not readily accessihlc, the clamps 17 are loosened and the two handles are swung around upon their respective rods 1]. and 19 to the position shown in Fig. 2, in which the handle I) is approxima tcly parallel with the axis of the blades and the handle C is in convenient. position with respect to the handle D.

' What 1' claim and desire to secure by Lettel-s Patent is:

1. In a hedge trimmer, the combination of two blades having serrated cutting edges, said blades being slidably secured together, a rod secured to one of the blades and extending rearwardly and at. anangle to the axis of the blade, a handle having a recess or socket to receive said rod, the said handle being adjustable about the longitudinal axis of the rod and provided with means for securing it in diflereut positions thereon and a second handle opcrativel y connected to the other blade.

2. A. hedge trimmer comprising two ser rated blades slidably secured together, a rod secured to one. of said blades and extending rearwardly at an angle thereto, a handle having a recess to receive the rod, said recess being arranged at an angle to the axis of the handle, and said handle being adapted to swing about the longitudinal axis of the rod and provided with means for securely clamping it to the rod in different positions and a second handle operatively connected to the other blade.

3. A hedge trimmer comprising two serrated blades slidabiy secured together, a rod secured to me of said blades and extending rcarwardly therefrom at an angle to the axis of the blade, a second rod pivotally secured to the first rod and connected to operate the other blade, and a pair of handles fitted to said rods respectively, the said handles havingrecesses to receive the rods and to be adjustable around the longitudinal axi of the rods, and having means for securing them to the rods in any desired adjustment.

4. A hedge trimmer comprising two scrrate lhlades slidably secured together, a rod secured to one of said blades and extending rearwardly therefrom at an angle to the axis of the blade, a second rod pivotally sccured to the first rod and connected to operate the other blade, a pair of handles fitted to said rods respectively, the said handles having recesses to receive the rods and to be adjustable around the rods and having means for securing them to the rods in any desired adjustment, the recesses being arranged at an angle to the axes of the handles, for the purpose set forth.

5. A hedge trimmer comprising two serrated blades slidably secured. together, a rod rigidly secured to one of said blades, a second rod loosely connected to the other blade and pivotally connected to the first named rod, and handles connected to said rods, the said handles each comprising a tang consisting of two plates hinged together at their outer ends and provided with recesses adjacent the hinge to receive one of the rods and also provided with means for clamping the plates together to secure the handle upon the rod in any desired position.

6. A hedge trimmer comprising two serated blades slidably secured together, a rod rigidly secured to one blade and ext-ending rearwardly therefrom at an angle to the axis of the blade, a handle comprising a tang consisting of two plates hinged together at their outer ends and having cooperating recesses to receive said rod, means for clamping the plates together to secure the handle on the rod in any desired position, and a second handle operatively connected to the other blade.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence oi two witnesses.

. JOSEPH. l7. hllGYER, Witnesses LE0 A. SonLrrznR,

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